Mr. Evans.

on television when the President was assassinated, and when it showed her picture, we just couldn't believe it was Marguerite.

Mr. Jenner.

Were you home when her picture came on television, along with this news of the President's assassination and Oswald's arrest?

Mr. Evans.

No; I was at the store at the time. It was on television there.

Mr. Jenner.

What did you do when you saw it?

Mr. Evans.

I immediately called my wife, and I said, "Do you have the television on?" and she said, "No," and I said, "Well, put it on." I said, "They are holding Lee Oswald as the assassin," and she said, "No; that can't be!" and I said, "Turn on the television and see for yourself."

Mr. Jenner.

Did you ever observe anything about Lee Oswald that would lead you to believe that he had any propensity toward acts of violence on the person of anybody else?

Mr. Evans.

No; he was a good talker.

Mr. Jenner.

He was a good talker?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; he was. He had a good vocabulary; pretty good for his age, anyway; so I guess all that reading he did must have accounted for that. Also, he had a pretty good memory, for one thing, and his expressions were good, but he was very noisy and would talk in a loud voice all the time, especially when he wanted something from his mother or wanted her to do something for him. I used to think it was pretty awful the way he used to yell at her, but she didn't seem to mind. She would jump up the minute he yelled, and she did everything for him that she could. But he did have a booming voice. You don't see a voice in a kid like that, at 13 years old, very often. His voice was just about changing then, at that early age.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he seem aggressive in that respect, at least with other children?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; I would say so.

Mr. Jenner.

What was your impression of this man in general when he came back to New Orleans in 1963 and you had occasion to see him?

Mr. Evans.

In what way?

Mr. Jenner.

Well, say, with respect to money; what was his financial status?

Mr. Evans.

You mean this boy?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes, Oswald; what was his status with relation to income or the amount of money he possessed, or anything like that? What did you learn about that?

Mr. Evans.

Well I don't think he had any money.

Mr. Jenner.

That was your impression; that he had no money, or any outside source of money?

Mr. Evans.

Yes. He couldn't even afford a nice apartment for his wife and child. He had to get the cheapest apartment he could find, because we had friends that had other places that he could have gotten, but he couldn't afford anything better. He did not have money; that's what seemed to be so odd, to our way of thinking, when we heard those rumors and reports that he was getting money from other sources to do all of this stuff that he seemed to be getting into. We just figured if he was getting any other money, then he would be living in a better place and taking better care of his family, but he couldn't afford to pay for anything.

Mr. Jenner.

Then you saw no evidence of him having any money?

Mr. Evans.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you think it possible that he might have received any substantial quantities from any other source?

Mr. Evans.

No; I don't. Even his clothing was bad, all worn, and he didn't have a coat on that I ever saw.

Mr. Jenner.

No coat?

Mr. Evans.

Just a sport shirt is all, when I saw him. I don't know of any other income he could have had. Of course, his mother might have been helping him. If it was possible, I know she would have helped him. I don't think his brothers helped him any.

Mr. Jenner.

Does anything else occur to you that might be helpful to the Commission in its investigation; anything that I might not have asked you about,